Depends on whether he stay productive or not. Was he overpaid and was too much money guaranteed?? Absolutely... Would cutting him be disasterous to the cap? Of course.

But he was productive so instead of castigating him everyone is on board. So if he stays productive it may be an expensive but worthwhile expenditure. But if like Beason he gets hurt with an injury like a knee or achilles, the contract suddenly becomes the worse contract of the bunch.

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On another board we were kicking around the idea of "amnesty". Every team gets one contract a year they can burn if they choose no matter how big it is, meaning they can trade or cut one player & no cap hit. The contract simply voids & the money is just freed up. I'd love it but I can't see the player's union ever allowing it.

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I think we need a good balance between long term planning and "win now" moves. Under Hurney there were far too many moves that screwed us in the future just so we could be slightly better for the present, like trading away future picks and constantly restructuring contracts to push cap hits into the future. That type of approach never gives you consistent long term success.

Specifically I'd say dump some of the really bad contracts for guys that we don't need, Anderson, DWill, Gamble and maybe a couple more, to set us up better for long term. But I don't think we need to throw away this season completely, have a massive cut spree like in 2010 and go into full rebuild mode.

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Except that he was second amoung sacks for defensive ends and had more than any of the other top 10 money guys at the position.

Defensive End Salaries by year:

Name-----------------Sacks last year---------------Salary

1. Mario Williams------------10.5 sacks----------16 Million this year

2. Julius Peppers-----------11.5 sacks-----------14 Milion this year

3. Charles Johnson--------12.5 sacks------------12,666,667 this year

4. Jared Allen----------------12 sacks-------------12,210,012 this year

5. Chris Long-----------------11.5 sacks------------12,062,000 this year

6. Tamba Hali-----------------9 sacks---------------11,500,000 this year

7. Calais Campbell-----------6.5 sacks-------------11 Million this year

8. Tyson Jackson--------------3 sacks--------------10,985,000 this year

9. Elvis Dummervill------------11 sacks-----------------10,250,000 this year

10. Will Smith----------------10 sacks----------------10,233,333 this year

So I would say he's done a good job of earning his paycheck. Plus, after this season, we'll have gone through a majority of the guaranteed money. So we're in a better position with his contract than we will be if we signed another elite guy.